A beloved English teacher at Yeats College in Galway city, Ms Allen has been remembered as an \u201cinspiration\u201d by her former students, with others paying tribute to her involvement in helping to organise the Galway Film Fleadh.<\/p>\n
Paula Allen of Tuairin, Bealadangan, Galway passed away peacefully on September 20 surrounded by her loving family at University Hospital Galway.<\/p>\n
She will be missed by her daughter Emma, grandchildren Dylan and Abbie, sisters Laurie, Miriam and Norma and bothers Raymond, David and Jonathan, as well as her extended family and friends and colleagues at Galway Film Fleadh and Yeats College.<\/p>\n
The school, based on College Road, Galway city, shared the news of her passing with \u201cimmense sadness and disbelief\u201d, remembering the former teacher as the \u201cheart of Yeats College\u201d and a \u201cloyal friend\u201d who shared a wisdom, and kindness to all who knew her.<\/p>\n
\u201cPaula was a gifted teacher. She weaved her magic in the classroom daily. Paula’s students truly loved and deeply appreciated all the extraordinary lengths she made to help them.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe touched the lives of countless students and colleagues with her passion, kindness, and unwavering support. Paula’s passing is a profound loss for our entire school community.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo Paula, we will always remember you with love and gratitude, and your spirit will always remain a part of our school community. Suaimhneas s\u00edora\u00ed d\u00e1 hanam d\u00edlis. Codladh s\u00e1mh Paula.\u201d<\/p>\n
A condolence left on Ms Allen\u2019s death notice by her former students says she was an amazing woman, teacher and above all, friend.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer joy brought many classes to life, whether it being the dreaded poetry or acting out the battle scenes in Macbeth, Paula always made every class memorable and exciting.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn a deeper level Paula really cared and put a lot of effort into us as students, she was an amazing adult to have in the presence of children, an inspiration.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe would always make time for you, whether it was in class or just in the hallway with a question, she would always take the time and made sure you learnt it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no shadow of a doubt she was an amazing teacher but what drew her apart from other teachers in other schools was her commitment and how much she cared for each student individually. She was an amazing woman, and she will be heavenly missed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another student said: \u201cPaula was one of the most powerful and truly kind people I have ever met. She showed me my full potential and has undoubtedly left her mark.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Allen was also remembered for her involvement in helping with the organisation of the Galway Film Fleadh, with a former colleague at the festival adding: \u201cAll the years we were on the phone with the Film Fleadh, if there was one person that could organise things it was you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Allen will repose at lonad, adjacent to Lettermore Church from 5pm until 7pm on Wednesday, September 24.<\/p>\n
A celebration Mass of Paula\u2019s life will take place on Thursday, September 25 at 11am at Lettermore Church, followed by cremation at Shannon Crematorium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A beloved English teacher at Yeats College in Galway city, Ms Allen has been remembered as an \u201cinspiration\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,554,43],"class_list":["post-37500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-joseph-murray","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}